Great Panther to buy Coricancha from Nyrstar
VANCOUVER — Silver miner Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE-MKT: GPL) has struck a deal with Nyrstar to acquire the European smelting giant’s shuttered Coricancha polymetallic mine complex, 90 km…
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Torex Gold reports more high grade
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) kicked off the new year with encouraging results from a drill program exploring the El Limon Sill on the company’s 290 sq. km Morelos gold…
Site visit: McEwen sees production at Gold Bar in 2018
ELKO, NEVADA — The only thing that McEwen Mining’s (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) Simon Quick, vice-president of projects, thinks could delay construction at the company’s Gold Bar project, 53 km…
Electric vehicles graduate from ‘science project’ status
Since 2011, Artisan Vehicle Systems has provided battery-powered vehicles for the mining sector by retrofitting diesel-powered equipment made by other manufacturers, such as Atlas Copco. The California-based company makes electric…
Brixton Metals acquires third past producer near Cobalt
Since Brixton Metals (TSXV: BBB) started looking a year ago at the historic silver-cobalt camp near the northern Ontario town of Cobalt, the junior has picked up three past-producing underground…
Eco Oro files for arbitration against Colombian gov’t
Eco Oro Minerals (TSX: EOM) claims the Colombian government has eviscerated its US$250-million investment in the country and is filing for international arbitration. The Vancouver-based junior has been developing its…
Matamec splits gold and energy projects into two companies
Montreal-based Matamec Explorations (TSXV: MAT) is dividing its gold and energy-related projects into two entities in hopes of gaining more traction among investors. “Our strategy is to split Matamec into…
Outlook 2017: Five companies getting busy in the new year
With some recovery in commodity prices in 2016, more than a few mining companies are stepping up work programs and striving to hit milestones in the coming year. The following…
CPM’s Jeffrey Christian shares precious metal forecasts
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Could Aton’s Abu Marawat in Egypt surpass Sukari?
When former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser stood on the steps of the Alexandria Stock Exchange in July 1956 and declared he was going to nationalize the Suez Canal, a…
TSX Venture loses ground, Nov. 21-25
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.6%, or 12.09 points, en route to a 734.58-point weekly close. December contracts for gold bullion dropped US$27.75 before closing near a nine-month low…
Site visit: Alexco hopes Bermingham will drive Keno Hill revival
KENO CITY, YUKON — Rolling into Alexco Resource’s (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) Keno Hill silver camp outside of the long-standing — though now sparsely populated — mining hamlet of Keno…